[Gerry Zagorski]

Slip bobbers are different then your standard round red and white ones because they slip and the slip has a few advantages over the standard ones.

With standard bobbers your line is clipped into the top and bottom loops and it does not slip.

With a slip bobbber your line actually passes through the bobber and the line slips through it.... You set the depth you want your hook to sit by adjusting the a small piece of string that attaches to your main line above the bobber. The string acts as a stop.

This does a few things... Since your line passes through the bobber your are always in direct contact with the hook so you can detect strikes better and you get a better hook set. It also helps with casting especially when you want your hook depth fairly deep. Fishing a deep set up with a standard bobber, you can only reel up to the point where the bobber comes tight to the rod eye to load up for casting. If you have the hook depth set to 5 feet you have the bobber tight to the eye and you have another 5 feet of line past the bobber making it difficult to cast. With the slip bobber, since the line slips through the bobber, you reel your bobber up to the rod eye and the hook comes along with it tight to the bobber. Since your bobber and hook are tight to one and other and the rod eye, it's much more compact and easier to cast.